Lexicon MPX 100 Dual Channel Processor

The presets sound pretty damn good right out of the box. If the presets don't grab you a little tweek of a nob or two and you'll find what your looking for. The almost intuitive design of the unit makes the manual optional for most of tweeking. Though the manual was pretty good it could have gone into more depth, been a bit more organised. But in all truth it's not difficult to understand, just multiple uses for the same nobs(lets hear it for nobs over keypads) and buttons and MIDI implementation to look for. I only give nine because the manual could have been better.

I'm using it with a 51' Fender Telecaster, a Sure SM57 mic, a Samick acoustic, a Conn Trombone, a plethera of samplers and synths, on a Fender and a custom amp, and in the AUX send/return of my mixer. Noise! Noise...Did you hear a noise? No!!! This unit makes absolutely no noise. The effects blew me away, on a unit this price I don't think you can get much better than this. But of course watch your EQ settings as with every reverb I've heard it sounds artifical when you have your high end set to high and your mids cut to far back. Though a little tweaking I've gotten much of the Nine Inch Nails sound, a little of Bowie, Jack Off Jill, Marilyn Manson, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, Ozzy, Garbage, Tool, Queen, and close to Type O Negative. Some of my favorites are under Special FX like Infinite Reverb is great for long drawn out chords, The Abyss good on guitar and a great very interesting effect on vocals, and Number 14:Dream Sequence has shown me some interesting possiblities. The Reverbs are great and the pitch shifter is better than adverage. There might be better sounding units, but I love it and at the price, "10" solid.

Well built, sturdy, and though I've only had it awhile I'm pretty sure I can depend on it. It's not been taken on a gig yet, but I could use it without a back-up and fell safe about it. I haven't taken it on a gig yet(and we all know gig's are the most likely place for something to go wrong) so I have to give it an 8.

Never delt with them.

I play my orginal music with a few covers mixed in for fun and my style is veried as are the covers, but it suits everything well. I've been playing guitar for less than a year, keys for about 2 years, trombone for about 5, Vocals for about 7(publicly only 4) and verious things not orginally intended as musical instuments. If it were lost I would flip out and mow down by-standers with gun fire, and if were stolen I would mulilate whoever stole it. I love the entire thing, and the fact I can use a good 'ol fashion foot petal for tap and bypass(though I plan on eventually give MIDI control a shot). I compared it to simmilar products by ART, Digitech, and Zoom, and it beat them hands down in quantity of effects and quality(though the Vocoder effect on two of the other units would have been interesting). This has helped me unleash things I had in my head for years and couldn't find away to do them. Also, it's helped inspire me towards new directions, complexity, and material- very important because I was having trouble writing new material for when I go into the studio in a few weeks. This unit is going into the studio with me, no question! I generally have stayed away from buying units(I borrow everyone else's or rent), but I had to have this one. Great unit especially for the money.

Easy to use but sounds cheap. Manual is very good.

I wanted to use this in my studio. It is very quiet. This is not what I expected from Lexicon. Reverbs are like cheap digitech processors. Very artificial sounding. Not warm souinding.

Very well made but I will never use it.

They have been very Quick to answer my questions on this processor through e-mail before I purchased it.

I am into Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Jeff Buckley, Dead Can Dance, Eric Serra, Michael Brook and early U2. This processor does not help me to achieve those kinds of sounds. I have owned other Lexicon processors and this one's a dud. In this price range go for the new ART Quadra FX. I think it sounds superior by far. Especially the reverbs.

You cannot get a bad sound (unless you want one!) out of this box. The justly famous Lex reverb is worth the price, but you also get chorus, flange, pitch shift, detune, leslie & tremolo, long delay (5.7 sec!), and programs with multiple effects (a first for Lex in this range). There are 240 presets (all great and useful) and 16 user locations, but editing is rather minimal. However, Lexicon has gotten the most out of the "variation knob" approach, and the variety of effects you can get is unmatched in this price range. The unit is true stereo and you can use it as two independent effects. There is an S/PDIF digital output on an RCA jack (but no similar input). MIDI control is not extensive, but can be used to select programs, input MIDI clock for delay sync, etc. The manual is brief but covers all you need. Definitely easy to use.

I have owned PCM 60's, LXP-1's, LXP-5's, a Reflex, and Vortexes. I am very, very happy with the sound of the MPX 100 in comparison with these. As far as noise, fuhggeduhboudit--there ain't any. Also, I think this is the first budget Lex with 20-20 kHz fidelity. Just got the unit and don't have the experience that will come over months, but in short, it seems to be superb.

Have never once in many years had any problems with a Lexicon device, and don't expect any now.

One time I bought a used item and needed a wall wart for it. Lexicon's response was helpful, friendly, and quick--but expensive.

I know we're asked to be critical in these comments, but there's little to be unhappy about here. I've owned a lot of effects, mostly in the under-$400 range, but this takes the cake. The bang-for-buck ratio is through the roof. If you buy a Midiverb or Zoom without checking out this unit, you will kick yourself--hard. If I were putting together a home studio from scratch, I would buy four of these immediately. Yeah, sure--I'd like to see a bunch of parameters variable realtime through MIDI. But the sounds you can get, and the degree of variation through simple adjustment, is unbelievable for this price. How do these Lexicon guys do it?? If somebody stole my MPX 100, I would find him and I would kill him.